Capgemini Engineering
Capgemini Engineering, the leader in engineering and R&D services, helps clients unleash their R&D potential.
Principal Systems Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
38 days ago
Salary
$175K - $200K / year
Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Lead the development, decomposition, and management of system, subsystem, and interface requirements in alignment with customer needs and program objectives.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure requirements are traceable, verifiable, and aligned with mission performance.
• Participate in subsystem architecture trades to balance performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Review and approve technical approaches to ensure designs meet requirements and integrate cleanly at the system level.
• Provide technical oversight and direction to subcontractors and suppliers delivering hardware, software, and system elements.
• Review subcontractor designs, analyses, test plans, and test results for compliance with requirements and interfaces.
• Review and approve subcontractor technical artifacts, including requirements, designs, test plans, and deliverables.
• Serve as a technical interface between subcontractors, internal engineering teams, and government stakeholders.
• Actively participate in technical reviews, ensuring technical rigor and risk mitigation with subcontractors and customers.
• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers, fostering strong systems engineering practices and technical growth.
• Promote consistency in systems engineering processes, tools, and best practices across programs.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, technical curiosity, and accountability.
• Support proposal and capture efforts by contributing technical approaches, requirements understanding, and engineering cost estimates.
• Write technical content including white papers, technical sections of proposals, status reports, and internal documentation.
• Deliver effective internal and external technical briefings.
• Engage with customers and partners to understand technical needs and communicate SIE’s engineering capabilities.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (Master’s preferred).
- 10+ years of experience in systems engineering across complex, multidisciplinary systems.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and influence across organizational boundaries.
- Experience managing requirements, interfaces, and technical baselines throughout the system lifecycle.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience with customer and executive-level briefings.
- Active or ability to obtain a security clearance (if applicable).
- Experience with subcontractor technical management.
- Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and modern SE tools.
- Experience in defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated technical environments.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Company Holidays
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Optional HSA and FSA
- Base and Voluntary Life Insurance
- Short Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 401k Matching
- Employee Assistance Program
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